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Tuesday, April 6, 2010 @ 3:11 AM
Gorbachev's role in the collapse of the Sovet Union-Part 2
Since Gorbachev's policies did not directlty cause the collapse of the Soviet Union, than what caused it? Factor 1 - Collapse of the Eastern bloc With the liberal policies of Gorbachev implemented in Russia, citizens of the Eastern bloc gained the courage to criticize against their governments. If we look at the history of the eastern bloc, most if not all of the nations have had at least one attempt to overthrow their communist or pro-Soviet govenrments, howvever, the attempts eventually failed due to intervention of the Soviet trooops. Therefore, when Gorbachev ordered his troops not to intervene in the nations of the eastern bloc as he wanted more freedom for those nations, the situation got out of hand. In many cases, the citizens protested peacefully against their communists governemnts and one by one, the governments fell. This cuased the eventual breakup of the Warsaw pact. With the collapse of the eatern bloc, Russians also gained courage to protest against Gorbachev and demanding for a new govenrment, this eventually led to collapse of the Soviet Union. Factor 2-Influence of Gorbachev Gorbachev's polices were not always in full support by his officers. In many cases, the governmental officers reluctantly agreed to or even refused to carry our his policies. This is due to the fact that they viewed Gorbachev's policies to be too liberal and that they themselves are more conservative. Therefore, Gorbachev was never truly fully supported by his officials. This was even so after the August coup, when Gorbachev was kidnapped by conservative Soviet leaders, whereby officers in the Soviet government actually supported Boris Yeltsin instead of Gorbachev. This led to the collapse of the Soviet Union. Gorbachev played quite a major role in the collpase of the Soviet Union, even his intentions were to let Soviet Union continue on, however in many cases, his policies backfired. Faced with an uncooperative government and the lack of support of his people, the Soviet Union offically collapsed in 1991.
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Tuesday, April 6, 2010 @ 3:11 AM
Gorbachev's role in the collapse of the Sovet Union-Part 2
Since Gorbachev's policies did not directlty cause the collapse of the Soviet Union, than what caused it? Factor 1 - Collapse of the Eastern bloc With the liberal policies of Gorbachev implemented in Russia, citizens of the Eastern bloc gained the courage to criticize against their governments. If we look at the history of the eastern bloc, most if not all of the nations have had at least one attempt to overthrow their communist or pro-Soviet govenrments, howvever, the attempts eventually failed due to intervention of the Soviet trooops. Therefore, when Gorbachev ordered his troops not to intervene in the nations of the eastern bloc as he wanted more freedom for those nations, the situation got out of hand. In many cases, the citizens protested peacefully against their communists governemnts and one by one, the governments fell. This cuased the eventual breakup of the Warsaw pact. With the collapse of the eatern bloc, Russians also gained courage to protest against Gorbachev and demanding for a new govenrment, this eventually led to collapse of the Soviet Union. Factor 2-Influence of Gorbachev Gorbachev's polices were not always in full support by his officers. In many cases, the governmental officers reluctantly agreed to or even refused to carry our his policies. This is due to the fact that they viewed Gorbachev's policies to be too liberal and that they themselves are more conservative. Therefore, Gorbachev was never truly fully supported by his officials. This was even so after the August coup, when Gorbachev was kidnapped by conservative Soviet leaders, whereby officers in the Soviet government actually supported Boris Yeltsin instead of Gorbachev. This led to the collapse of the Soviet Union. Gorbachev played quite a major role in the collpase of the Soviet Union, even his intentions were to let Soviet Union continue on, however in many cases, his policies backfired. Faced with an uncooperative government and the lack of support of his people, the Soviet Union offically collapsed in 1991.
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